Los Angeles – Benedict Cumberbatch's pals call him Ben. Viewers of his TV performance as a 21st-century Sherlock Holmes tend to favor "brilliant."The British TV audience went mad this summer for the three-part "Sherlock" series in which Cumberbatch makes Holmes the very model of a modern private detective, with the character's fearsome intelligence and upper-crust arrogance intact.Now Americans have the chance to discover the rising star as PBS' "Masterpiece Mystery!" airs the series on consecutive Sundays, starting this weekend and through Nov. 7, at 9 p.m. Edt (check local listings).Cumberbatch, who will be seen next year in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the hit London play and book "War Horse," is engaging and open during an interview from London, displaying not a whit of Holmes' chilliness.But the 34-year-old actor is a match for the great fictional detective in verbal gymnastics, spilling out answers to questions with energetic,...
- 10/22/2010
- backstage.com
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